Bilingual Case Manager

Mental Health Association•West Orange, NJ

About The Position

MHA promotes mental health and total wellness for individuals facing challenges associated with mental illness and addiction recovery. We increase community awareness while enhancing mental well-being through advocacy, education, prevention, treatment, and services. MHA is seeking a full-time Billingual C ase Manager to join our Integrated Case Management Services Team! Be a part of the team that makes a difference in the lives of our consumers. Benefits of working at the Mental Health Association: Joining the staff of supportive and team-oriented individuals MHA is an approved site for the New Jersey Behavioral Healthcare Provider Loan Redemption Program. Excellent benefits package available Retention Incentive provided after completion of 6-month anniversary

Requirements

A Bachelor’s Degree in a behavioral health field from an accredited institution and one (1) year of relevant, post degree experience; or an Associate’s degree in a direct care field (e.g. psychosocial rehabilitation or psychiatric nursing) from an accredited institution and two (2) years of relevant post degree experience may be substituted for the Bachelor’s degree; or the candidate must p ossess four (4) years of relevant work experience with individuals who are or have been primary consumers of mental health services; and a genuine desire for in vivo provision of ICMS and comfort in moving about in the communities of ICMS consumers.
Must be Billingual in English and Spanish
Able to work a flexible schedule, including evening, weekend and holiday hours.
Valid Driver’s License.

Responsibilities

Responsibility to establish and maintain ongoing therapeutic relationship and to case manage up to 20 mixed risk level consumers.
Provision of intensive community-based services to maximize the consumer’s access to services and ability to function adequately and integrate into the community.
Service provision includes the provision of holiday, weekend and on-call coverage as assigned.
Development and implementation of a service plan and completion of other documentation as required.
Facilitation of access to appropriate services, including transportation to services and activities as necessary and application for and receipt of all applicable public entitlements.
Coordination and integration services from multiple providers until the consumer is discharged from the ICMS services.
This responsibility may include coordination of meetings with the consumer’s service providers in the community.
Monitoring of service delivery to meet consumer’s changing needs and advocacy as necessary.
Identification of consumer resource gaps and problems of service delivery; and provision of direct service support to the consumer’s natural support system, including family, friends, employers, and self-help groups.
Record keeping as required by funding sources, and/or accreditation agencies, including case notes, group notes, progress notes, service planning, termination summaries, correspondence with insurance providers, outcome data.
Must meet all expected productivity levels, in regards to direct service provision to consumers.
Perform other duties as assigned by the Program Director.